Amber Zablowksy pitched four innings of one-hit ball in relief to earn the win in game two
Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score
BIDDEFORD, Maine -- The University of New England Nor'easters pounded out 19 hits on their way to a 10-2, 8-0 sweep of Regis College in The Commonwealth Coast Conference softball action Tuesday afternoon at Claude Dubois Field. Both games were shortened to six innings due to the eight-run rule.
The Nor'easters broke open a 2-2 game in the opener with six runs--all coming after two were out--in the bottom of the third. Winning pitcher Sarah Hamel '08 (Rochester, N.H.) delivered a three-run triple to right, Lisa Baillargeon '08 (Berlin, N.H.) produced a pair of runs with a double, and the other run came home on a wild pitch.
UNE scored a single run in the fourth, then ended the contest in the sixth when Katie Morin '08 (Lewiston, Maine) scampered home on a wild pitch to score for the fourth time in the game.
Morin, Baillargeon, Julie Monteiro '10 (Portsmouth, R.I.) and Ashley DePasquale '09 (Uxbridge, Mass.) each had two hits to spark UNE's 11-hit attack. Hamel battled her control all game, issuing five walks and three wild pitches. She allowed just one earned run, though, and fanned four to raise her record to 7-4.
In game two Jess Silvio '09 (Beverly, Mass.) and Amber Zablowsky '11 (Rochester, Mass.) hurled a combined shutout for the second straight day. Zablowsky pitched one-hit ball over four innings of relief to run her mark to 6-4. Cortney Coles '08 (Wareham, Mass.) doubled to right-center in the fourth for the Pride's lone hit of the contest.
UNE's offense was led by Lauren Webb '10 (Jericho, Vt.), who had two hits and three runs scored. Rachel Boutin '09 (Winslow, Maine) plated three runs with a double in the home half of the third.
Erin Johnson '11 (West Springfield, Mass.) had two hits and two RBI in game one for Regis. Shannon Hurley '11 (Billerica, Mass.) contributed a single and double.
The Nor'easters (13-9, 9-5 TCCC) will put their four-game win streak on the line tomorrow when they face Nichols College in a doubleheader starting at 3:30 p.m.
The Pride (9-14, 4-10) are off until Friday when they play Roger Williams University at Wellesley College.
(posted April 15, 2008 | 21:10 ET)
